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Could coronavirus spell the end for superhero movies?
From Wonder Woman to Superman, Black Widow to Black Panther, superheroes can vanquish aliens, androids and Nazis. They’re less super in a pandemic
Noah Berlatsky
09, Apr, 2020 @2:19 PM
The new 007 is a black woman – don't make her a Bond girl
Online joy over Lashana Lynch inheriting James Bond’s codename may be premature. White men won’t give up their hero status so easily
Noah Berlatsky
15, Jul, 2019 @10:48 AM
Feminists with a bullet: how the ageing heroine became screen gold
As a greying Linda Hamilton dusts off the rocket launcher for the next Terminator, we look at how the cowering victims of 70s horror paved the way for today’s grizzled gunslingers
Noah Berlatsky
30, May, 2019 @5:00 AM
Defying Chinese censorship: a comic dedicated to nakedness
When artist Yan Cong was told he could not print any nudity in his books, he set out to produce an anthology with characters in the buff
Noah Berlatsky
15, Apr, 2019 @10:08 AM
Hollywood's war on terror: why audiences prefer gung-ho Iraq films
The dismal box office for Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is the latest in a string of post-9/11 war flops – what can we learn about the lone exception?
Noah Berlatsky
21, Nov, 2016 @6:27 PM
What Black Mirror, Her and the near-future genre tell us about tomorrow
Taking after George Orwell and JG Ballard, some of the most prophetic and disturbing fiction about the near future continues to be made on TV and film
Noah Berlatsky
21, Nov, 2016 @1:00 PM
Carrie at 40: why the horror genre remains important for women
Brian De Palma’s adaptation of Stephen King’s tale of a bullied girl taking revenge was both empowering and troubling, with nearly all female main characters
Noah Berlatsky
03, Nov, 2016 @5:02 PM
Tim Burton and the myth of the lone genius
We like to believe that great artists follow their muse, not the crowd – but far more radical and original work is produced when they listen and collaborate
Noah Berlatsky
18, Oct, 2016 @9:00 AM
The Accountant review – Ben Affleck autism thriller doesn't add up
The actor plays a man who uses his disorder to balance books for criminals in a film that struggles to balance derivative action and underwritten romance
Noah Berlatsky
12, Oct, 2016 @1:00 PM
Fire up the orgasmatron: why we can't let Barbarella go
A new comic about the sci-fi heroine will launch in the new year but the campy 1968 film will probably remain the authentic incarnation
Noah Berlatsky
05, Oct, 2016 @6:30 PM
YA author calls out Run review's 'bad' implications of bisexual character
While the likes of Lionel Shriver complain that censorship comes from the left, a row over Kody Keplinger’s novel proves that is by no means the case
Noah Berlatsky
04, Oct, 2016 @6:05 PM
Did Mr & Mrs Smith predict the fall of Brangelina?
Rewatching the 2005 action comedy in light of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce uncovers an oddly prescient tale of a marriage unsettled by performance
Noah Berlatsky
21, Sep, 2016 @2:51 PM
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